The earth quaked below them, and Sora gave Riku a slightly strained grin. They'd sent down another organization member, and it was almost as if they could feel the castle straining as its masters were taken down one by one.
Perhaps it was other Nobodies dying when their masters did, neither was too sure on how the ranks of command went.
They did know that small fires were starting across the dead city. "The world is burning to the ground." Riku observed as they ran past another balcony and set of windows. "Oh well. I guess we're gonna find out!" He gave his best friend a smirk, and Sora returned it. They reached another teleport, and Sora remembered that each of the slates tended to break with each Nobody they took down.
"Let's see how far we've come." Sora noted, and to their surprise, they'd wiped out every slate but the last.
"Well. Goodbye, then." Riku noted, with a small smirk. "Obviously I'm going to win and be the hero and leave you faaaar behind when I become famous."
"Hey!" Sora scowled teasingly, smiling though, adrenaline having them both grinning like assholes in confidence. "At least you have someone to say goodbye to. Not that you need to. We're both going to win."
They gave dry, forced laughes in their own strange excitement for the battle as they burst through the final doors, leading up to the platform on which Xemnas waited.